Honda Car Forum

On 6 Dec 2005 12:49:14 -0800, sleepdog@optonline.net wrote:

>>> Does a car rust quicker, garaged
>
>I don't know but if you look at it long enough I think the process
>slows down considerably.

Indeed. Cars do rust "quicker" if they're not maintained. Ie washed
etc.
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TP wrote:

> Here in the western New York we use salt on are snow covered roads.
> True or False. Driving daily and garaging your car. Does a car rust
> quicker if garaged with the salt slush and moisture on it (dripping on
> the floor)? Or is it better to keep the car outside the garage in the
> natural frozen winter elements?
> Of course the driver does routine maintenance on the vehicle. Maybe
> even a few commercial (undercarriage rinse) car washes from time to time…
>
> Has there been any studies done?
> Will it matter if the garage floor is epoxy coated or natural concrete?
> Insulated and unheated garage and other combos...

Here in Montreal'surbs we get even more salt than you do...

CW says keep the car away from heated garages. There may be an
electrical effect if the garage floor is bare concrete (which does
conduct) and this might affect rusting. Might not.

I kept one Accord in an appartment garage many years ago and it did not
have any effect that I could tell ... there was a little rust after 8
years. I did wash the car every couple weeks, however and that surely
helped (though not underneath). I sometimes put my car in my garage in
the winter, but I've blocked off the heat so the temp is usually just
below freezing.

The best is an unheated garage. That keeps the snow off. If it's
really cold, use a block heater for an hour before you use the car in
the morning and it heats up pretty quick afterwards.

White cars seem to rust quickest. I believe it's because moisture
behind the panels stays longer whereas darker colours heat up in the sun
and evaporate the moisture quicker.

Cheers,
Alan

I live on Long Island, NY.

We use a nice mix of 30% salt and the rest sand.

Yeah our cars rust nicely and all turn white when we drive
in the winter (hint, its not the snow that makes the cars white)

I have a 92 sentra that has always been garaged. What I found
is that between the cars I own (altima and infiniti) the 92 sentra
which
was always garaged DOES show very little rust on it. The other cars
are newer and do have more corrosion on the undercarage.

Just my 2 cents.

Tom

The speed of corrosion is increased with temperature. The theory is you
drive in salty roads and then when garaged the vehicle is subjected to above
freezing temperatures and allows more corrosion.
When salt spray tests are performed the temperatures are elevated to promote
corrosion to speed up testing.
I do not know if being garaged will in fact be worse but I guess it could.
The fact is a warmer vehicle vs. a colder vehicle with the same corrosion
environment will corrode faster where it can.

Tom
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>I live on Long Island, NY.
>
> We use a nice mix of 30% salt and the rest sand.
>
> Yeah our cars rust nicely and all turn white when we drive
> in the winter (hint, its not the snow that makes the cars white)
>
> I have a 92 sentra that has always been garaged. What I found
> is that between the cars I own (altima and infiniti) the 92 sentra
> which
> was always garaged DOES show very little rust on it. The other cars
> are newer and do have more corrosion on the undercarage.
>
> Just my 2 cents.
>
> Tom
>